First Known Use: circa 1672
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wrasse
noun \ˈras\
plural wrasses also wrasse
Definition of WRASSE
: any of a large family (Labridae) of elongate usually brilliantly colored marine bony fishes that usually bury themselves in sand at night and include important food fishes as well as a number of popular aquarium fishes
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Origin of WRASSE
Cornish gwragh, wragh hag, wrasse
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